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The unveiling of the European Referendum Bill may contain “European-style” provisions for political parties to get a proportional allowance to spend on their own referendum campaigns, leading to concerns that the ‘In’ campaign will be able to spend more than double what

Prime Minister David Cameron plans to lift a ban on the European Commission spending millions of pounds of European tax payer money on pro-EU propaganda in the run up to an EU referendum. The government bill will have it’s second

Conservative Party grandee and long-serving government minister Kenneth Clarke has today blasted Tory MPs who lean towards Britain leaving the European Union as “hard core right wing nationalists”. In an interview with Sky News, Clarke hit out at his party colleagues for

Forty years ago, voters went to the polls in the first ever nation-wide referendum to decide whether or not the UK a should remain a member of the European Economic Community. The Yes camp won by a comfortable margin. Everyone who mattered

Tony Blair and Nigel Farage need to step away from headlining their respective campaigns in the EU referendum, according to a survey for think tank British Future. Polling results seem to show that the two men risk harming their own cause

Last night’s episode of BBC’s Question Time witnessed an unusual event, namely an out and proud Eurosceptic admitting that there is nothing David Cameron can negotiate with other European governments that could convince her to vote to stay in. Jill

One of the oft-touted leaders of the eurosceptic ‘out’ campaign has come out in favour of staying inside the European Union, if David Cameron’s renegotiation leads to a ‘two tier’ Europe. Matthew Elliott, who led the successful No2AV campaign against electoral

David Cameron’s whistle-stop charm offensive around the EU stops in Germany today as he meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the BBC reports. The prime minister needs to convince the world’s most powerful woman to agree with his reform agenda if

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has slammed the draft European Union (referendum) Bill that has been published by the British government today, claiming that due to an exclusion of any purdah rules, there can be no guarantee of a free

British Prime Minister David Cameron has received advice from Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, warning him that copying the Danish model of opt-outs from European Union law has given the Scandinavian country “nothing but problems.” Cameron, now leading a majority

The European Union In/Out referendum campaign has effectively begun and the tactics of the anti-British (more politely, Europhile) camp are already clear. In broad-brush terms, they intend it to be as early a vote as possible, to deploy massive resources to bombard

David Cameron’s plans to debate significant reforms to the EU have taken a blow as an agreement between France and Germany to integrate the eurozone without renegotiating any treaties has been revealed. Mr Cameron has embarked on a tour of Europe,

Europhiles working to keep Britain within the EU must not be allowed to railroad discussions over an EU referendum onto questions of who would be eligible to vote in it, senior Tory MP John Redwood has warned. Writing in the Telegraph,

Britain’s EU Commissioner has attacked anti-EU campaigners by implying their cause would damage trade and business. Lord Jonathan Hill, who earns around EUR20,000 a month plus expenses from his taxpayer-funded job overseeing financial services, said he believed the country would

Labour’s acting leader Harriet Harman has confirmed the party will now support an EU referendum by the end of 2017. She told the Sunday Times the reverse in position came after Labour “reflected on the conversations we had on doorsteps” during the

Robin Birley, a former Conservative Party donor and stepson of the revered Eurosceptic Sir James Goldsmith has said that he believes Nigel Farage is the right man to lead the ‘out’ campaign if Britain has a referendum on EU membership.

Britain’s referendum on membership of the European Union must be held “as soon as necessary” according to Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he warned that business uncertainty fuelled by concern

The Conservatives are drawing up plans to fast-track a referendum on EU membership, bringing it forward to 2016. Sources close to the Prime Minister have said that he wishes to avoid any clash with German and French politics – both countries

David Cameron will stick to his promise to hold an In/Out referendum on Britain’s EU membership following his victory at the polls. The Conservatives pledged to hold a vote in 2017 after they had renegotiated Britain’s terms of membership should

Nick Clegg has raised doubts that he would form a second coalition with the Conservatives if an EU referendum was part of the agreement, saying: “I would never, of course, accept being part of a government that advocated withdrawal from the

We all know UKIP wants to leave the European Union and David Cameron has begrudgingly promised the Conservatives will hold an In / Out Referendum on Britain’s EU membership. But aside from this, what are the EU policies of the other parties? In

Renegotiation of the EU treaties is “mission impossible”, according to the man tasked with brokering the negotiations. But he has promised to help Prime Minister David Cameron during the talks as Cameron is “obviously pro-European”. Donald Tusk, the President of

Ed Miliband is no stranger to awkward moments, but so far the worst he’s been faced with is a bacon sandwich – until yesterday when a worker at the BAE factory in Lancashire told him “we’re all voting Ukip.” Miliband was

Leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage has hinted that he may be open to forming a coalition with the Prime Minister David Cameron and the Conservative Party after the next election if Cameron was able to guarantee a

The Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that he would be willing to fast track a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU if he is still in power beyond the general election in May. The comment is being interpreted